Deer are received at the FWC where samples of brain stem and lymph node tissue are retrieved and submitted to USDA approved testing laboratories for immunohistochemical analyses. Labs include National Veterinary Services Laboratory, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Kissimmee Diagnostic Laboratory, and Colorado State University. It may take 6-7 weeks for the laboratories to process the deer, so some of the samples are "pending". Not all deer submitted for sampling are suitable for testing due to tissue condition or improper collection.

Deer collected from July 2002 - present

FWC Region

Active Surveillance

Passive Surveillance

Total # Tested

NC

1815

173

1988

NE

1068

49

1117

NW

2110

77

2187

S

795

18

813

SW

871

23

894

Unknown

16

1

17

TOTALS

6675

341

7016

Deer collected from July 2002 - present

FWC Region

County

Active Surveillance

Passive Surveillance

Total # Tested

Unknown

Unknown

16

1

17

NC

Unknown

16

1

17

Alachua

200

43

243

Baker

36

4

40

Bradford

29

10

39

Citrus

148

4

152

Clay

193

12

205

Columbia

85

15

100

Dixie

10

10

20

Duval

19

7

26

Gilchrist

34

7

41

Hamilton

224

6

230

Lafayette

39

3

42

Levy

79

21

100

Madison

123

2

125

Nassau

50

4

54

Suwannee

302

8

310

Taylor

208

10

218

Union

20

6

26

FWC Region

County

Active Surveillance

Passive Surveillance

Total # Tested

NE

Unknown

3

1

4

Brevard

34

2

36

Flagler

23

0

23

Indian River

27

0

27

Lake

126

4

130

Marion

78

1

79

Orange

104

4

108

Osceola

254

9

263

Putnam

88

5

93

Seminole

4

2

6

St. Johns

87

10

97

Sumter

155

4

159

Volusia

85

7

92

FWC Region

County

Active Surveillance

Passive Surveillance

Total # Tested

NW

Unknown

14

3

17

Bay

128

2

130

Calhoun

96

0

96

Escambia

130

2

132

Franklin

103

1

104

Gadsden

105

8

113

Gulf

80

2

82

Holmes

128

0

128

Jackson

108

2

110

Jefferson

115

3

118

Leon

138

32

170

Liberty

122

1

123

Okaloosa

208

1

209

Santa Rosa

251

9

260

Wakulla

131

7

138

Walton

149

3

152

Washington

104

1

105

FWC Region

County

Active Surveillance

Passive Surveillance

Total # Tested

S

Unknown

7

0

7

Broward

43

0

43

Collier

205

7

212

Glades

82

0

82

Hendry

63

1

64

Martin

64

0

64

Miami-Dade

0

1

1

Monroe

9

0

9

Okeechobee

90

4

94

Palm Beach

210

4

214

St. Lucie

22

1

23

FWC Region

County

Active Surveillance

Passive Surveillance

Total # Tested

SW

Unknown

1

0

1

Charlotte

142

0

142

Desoto

89

6

95

Hardee

4

2

6

Hernando

164

4

168

Highlands

108

3

111

Hillsborough

4

1

5

Lee

4

0

4

Manatee

46

1

47

Pasco

113

1

114

Pinellas

0

1

1

Polk

176

1

177

Sarasota

20

3

23

Totals

6675

341

7016

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